United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Thunderbolt, 32.03354, -81.049831935[additional information on reverse of photograph]View of a trades building at Georgia State Industrial College in Thunderbolt, Georgia.The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was a federal agency created by executive order in 1935 that provided employment to United States citizens through public works projects and educational programs. Most expenditures went to the construction of highways, roads, parks, public buildings, dams, and sewers. Other programs included literacy projects, vocational education, historical records surveys, and the arts. The Works Progress Administration was renamed the Work Projects Administration in 1937. Congress discontinued the agency in 1943.image/jpegVIS 77.07.09ahc077007009a.jpgGay Bolling Shepperson Photographs, Atlanta History CenterMSS 522, Gay Bolling Shepperson Papers, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History Center, Kenan Research Center, Atlanta History CenterSchools--Georgia--ThunderboltUniversities and colleges--Georgia--ThunderboltBuildings--Georgia--ThunderboltSpanish moss--GeorgiaConstruction equipmentConstruction--Georgia--ThunderboltUnited States. Works Progress Administration of GeorgiaGeorgia State Industrial CollegeGeorgia State Industrial College. Trades buildingNew Deal, 1933-1939--GeorgiaWPA Construction & Repair of Public BuildingsStillImage